LSG’s Josh Inglis ties the knot before IPL 2026 arrival

Australia`s wicketkeeper-batter Josh Inglis married his girlfriend and fiancé Megan Kincart in a private ceremony at a luxury resort in Margaret River, Western Australia, on April 18.

Inglis, who was bought by Lucknow Super Giants for Rs 8.6 crore for this IPL, has had to skip the opening phase of the tournament due to the wedding. He is scheduled to arrive in India before the MI game (May 4). sportbet.reviews

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Inglis, 31, and Kincart have been together for several years and are parents to a two-year-old son Oscar. The couple were engaged in April 2024.

Kincart shared some pictures of the wedding ceremony on Instagram while tagging Inglis, who has over 68,000 followers.

LSG, will be hoping Inglis, a big-hitting wicketkeeper-batter, will help turnaround the fortunes of the franchise, who are currently in eighth-place.

Iyer’S sharp leadership

Skipper Shreyas Iyer has led by example — not just with his bat and leadership qualities, but also with his fielding. He has scored three half-centuries (208 runs at an average of 52.00). Also, his superhuman mid-air effort to dismiss MI skipper Hardik Pandya is the catch of this IPL. And of course, he has rotated his bowlers smartly.

Healthy atmosphere

As revealed by top-order batter Cooper Connolly after the 54-run win over Lucknow Super Giants, Punjab Kings have created a positive dressing-room environment by “players are exchanging ideas and taking little notes off each other”. This shared mindset has brought the bunch together as one unit.

Squad stability

Another major reason for Punjab’s consistency this season is the trust they’ve shown in their core group. While other franchises have constantly shuffled their line-ups, PBKS have used the same 12 players (playing XI plus one Impact Sub) in all games so far. The 2025 runners-up have also retained 21 out of the total 26 players from last season’s squad.

Coach Ponting’s backing

The partnership between head coach Ricky Ponting and skipper Iyer has been working well since last season, and the key to success, as recently revealed by the Australian, is creating a supportive atmosphere in the dressing room. The former two-time ODI World Cup-winning captain has stated that his role as a coach is to support players, not control them. This has allowed youngsters, including uncapped Indians, to play without fear of failure.

Solid starts from openers

One of the two openers, Priyansh Arya or Prabhsimran Singh, has stayed at the crease, giving the team a solid start. The duo have stitched together two 50-plus stands in five innings so far. Arya has amassed 211 runs at an extraordinary strike-rate of 248.23, while Prabhsimran has scored 211 runs at an impressive strike-rate of 171.54.

IPL 2026ની 30મી મેચ ગુજરાત ટાઇટન્સ અને મુંબઈ ઇન્ડિયન્સ વચ્ચે રમાઈ હતી.અમદાવાદના નરેન્દ્ર મોદી સ્ટેડિયમમાં રમાયેલી આ મેચમાં મુંબઈ ઇન્ડિયન્સે શાનદાર પ્રદર્શન કર્યું અને 99 રનથી જીત મેળવી. ગુજરાતને તેના હોમ ગ્રાઉન્ડ પર શરમજનક હારનો સામનો કરવો પડ્યો.ગુજરાતનો કોઈ પણ બેટ્સમેન ખાસ અસર કરી શક્યો નહીં.હાર બાદ શુભમન ગિલનું મહત્વપૂર્ણ નિવેદન આપ્યું.

ગિલે હારનું વાસ્તવિક કારણ સમજાવ્યું

હાર બાદ શુભમન ગિલે કહ્યું,સાચું કહું તો,મને લાગે છે કે અમે મધ્ય ઓવરોમાં ઘણા બધા રન આપ્યા.આવી વિકેટ પર 160-170નો સરેરાશ સ્કોર હોવો જોઈએ.અમે આ મેચમાંથી ઘણું શીખ્યા.તેમણે આગળ કહ્યું,વિકેટ થોડી ધીમી હતી.મને નથી લાગતું કે અમે યોગ્ય વિસ્તારોમાં બોલિંગ કરી.લેન્થ બોલ સારી રીતે આવી રહ્યા ન હતા કેટલાક ઓન આવી રહ્યા હતા, કેટલાક ન આવી રહ્યા હતા, અને કેટલાક નીચા રહી રહ્યા હતા. અમે મધ્ય ઓવરોમાં લેન્થ પર વધુ સતત બોલિંગ કરી શક્યા હોત."

આ મેચની પરિસ્થિતિ

ટોસ હારીને પ્રથમ બેટિંગ કરવાનો નિર્ણય લીધા બાદ મુંબઈ ઈન્ડિયન્સે 20 ઓવરમાં 5 વિકેટ ગુમાવીને 199 રન બનાવ્યા.ક્વિન્ટન ડી કોક 11 બોલમાં 13 રન બનાવીને આઉટ થયા,જ્યારે ડેબ્યૂ મેચ રમી રહેલા દાનિશ માલેવરે 4 બોલમાં 2 રન બનાવ્યા.ત્યારબાદ નામંધીરે 32 બોલમાં 45 રન બનાવ્યા,જ્યારે તિલક વર્માએ 45 બોલમાં 101 રન બનાવ્યા.તેમણે 8 ચોગ્ગા અને 7 છગ્ગા ફટકાર્યા.

ગુજરાત બેટિંગ ખરાબ રહી

લક્ષ્યનો પીછો કરતા, ગુજરાત 15.5 ઓવરમાં 100 રન બનાવી શક્યું. ગુજરાત તરફથી કોઈ પણ બેટ્સમેન મોટી ઈનિંગ રમી શક્યો નહીં. સાઈ સુદર્શન કોઈ રન બનાવ્યા વિના આઉટ થયા, જ્યારે શુભમન ગિલ 13 બોલમાં 14 રન બનાવીને આઉટ થયા. વોશિંગ્ટન સુંદરે પણ 17 બોલમાં 26 રન બનાવીને જીટી માટે સ્કોર આગળ કર્યો.

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Sunrisers Hyderabad will look to make home advantage count when they take on inconsistent Delhi Capitals in a mid-table clash of the Indian Premier League here on Tuesday. Both teams sit on six points, though fourth-placed Sunrisers Hyderabad are marginally ahead, having played a game more and boasting a superior Net Run Rate. For SRH, the narrative has been one of gradual correction. In the absence of skipper Pat Cummins, who has linked up with the squad but remains unavailable for this game, their bowling unit initially looked thin. But over the last two games, a relatively unheralded group has stepped up.

Names like Praful Hinge, Sakib Husain and Shivang Kumar have seized their opportunity, injecting both energy and control into the attack. Hinge`s standout performance against Rajasthan Royals was followed by a collective bowling effort, led by Eshan Malinga, against Chennai Super Kings, where SRH delivered a clinical exhibition of death bowling, helping them secure back-to-back wins at home.

That resurgence with the ball has been central to their recent momentum. However, the same cannot be said of their batting. SRH`s approach remains aggressively high-risk, but the returns have been inconsistent. Openers Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma, along with stand-in captain Ishan Kishan, have not quite clicked together. The lack of collective starts has repeatedly exposed the middle order. As a result, the burden has largely fallen on Heinrich Klaasen.

The South African has often walked in after the fall of quick wickets, forcing him to rebuild before launching. While capable of devastating acceleration, Klaasen has had to curb his natural instincts early, making his job significantly harder. Delhi Capitals, meanwhile, have inconsistency issues of their own. Their experienced players like KL Rahul, Pathum Nissanka and Tristan Stubbs have been among the runs, but the team would need bigger contributions from them, especially on batting-friendly surfaces. Sameer Rizvi, after starring in DC`s opening two matches, has slipped into a lean patch with single-digit scores in the last three games.

Their bowling attack, however, is built on variety and flexibility. In the absence of Mitchell Starc, who was the team`s standout performer last season, South African pacer Lungi Ngidi has led the attack well, combining economy with wicket-taking ability, claiming seven wickets in five games. Skipper Axar Patel has also been economical, providing control through the middle overs. However, star left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav is yet to deliver as per expectations, while pacers Mukesh Kumar and T Natarajan have shown promise in patches.

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